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The Financial institutions and banking sectors are highly regulated in the US and throughout the world with stiff penalties for failure to comply with regulations. The National Law Review addresses legal issues, compliance concerns, financial regulatory schemes, broker-deals, insolvency and restructuring, and structured transaction negotiations.

Regulatory Agencies with Financial Services

Readers can learn about new loan transactions, international trade agreements, mortgage loans and bank financing legislation, and other news as it unfolds in the US and around the world. Details that are covered by governmental and regulatory agencies including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), are routinely updated on the site. With ongoing agency news dealing with the CFPB, agency directors, and nominations to financial and banking agencies, the National Law Review constantly adds new cases and newsreaders want to remain informed about.

Global Financial Services

International banking and financial institutions news is also covered on the National Law Review. UK regulatory framework covered, including the Australian crowd-sourced funding regime, and EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), along with international insolvency, news, and legislation from around the world, which are linked to non-US foreign banks and institutions, are regularly published online.  Additionally, the legal experts at the National Law Review consistently offer updates on the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority and the effects of Brexit.

Financial Services and Innovation

The National Law Review also covers hot topics such as financial services law and FinTech (financial technology). Additionally, we cover topics like bitcoin, cryptocurrency transactions, SEC regulations, blockchain technologies, and compliance under finance laws like the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Additionally, cases and news which is governed under the Federal Reserve Act, the Fair Credit and Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and Equal Credit Opportunity Act, are also analyzed in articles on the site.

Securities & the SEC

The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. The National Law Review covers news and updates coming out of the SEC, including information about updates on the US SEC EDGAR system and related requirements, rules designed to limit and enforce rules against Insider Trading and Anti-Money Laundering settlements. Additionally, analysis of the SEC Division of Investment Management leadership and proposed rulemakings.

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Recent Securities, SEC, & Financial Institution Law News

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Dec
10
2015
Best Practices to Avoid Common FCPA Violations: Gifts, Meals, and Entertainment
Feb
1
2016
Senate Continues Debate on Energy, as House Set to Move Several Financial Services Bills
Jun
18
2019
SEC Adopts New Broker-Dealer Rule, Also Affecting Investment Advisers
Aug
10
2020
The Plight of Oppressed Private Company Minority Investors: No Legal Escape Available Without a Buy-Sell Agreement in Place
Oct
5
2020
Don’t Wait to Jump Off the Bandwagon: Cutting Ties With a Bad Business Partner (Part 2)
Nov
26
2016
European Central Bank Publishes Draft Guidance on Leveraged Transactions
Jun
1
2009
Retailers Beware: FACTA Spurs a Wave of Class Action Filings
Jun
9
2023
Independence Required for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Certification
May
15
2017
Busy Week at Banking Committee; Treasury on Hill as Trump Fills Out Financial Services Regulators
Oct
14
2021
Texas Executive Order to Prohibit COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
Mar
28
2013
Time to Come Clean: Attorney Warns About the Price of Unreported Foreign Bank Accounts
Nov
21
2022
Three Options for Charitable Giving
Mar
18
2018
IRS Announces Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Will End September 28, 2018
Apr
2
2015
UDAAP Council Weekly Standards Report - 4/1/2015 - Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices
Sep
24
2020
Applying for DBE Certification? Technical Competence is Required.
Apr
28
2021
Using Joint Assets to Fund Your New Company? Make Sure Spouse Renounces Funds if You Wish to Obtain Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Certification
Oct
26
2020
How to Challenge Another Company’s DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise) Certification
Jul
6
2015
Lawmakers Continue Focus on Dodd-Frank, CFTC and SEC Propose Rules
May
1
2017
Financial Regulatory Reform in Spotlight as Financial Regulators Fill in Trump Administration
Nov
23
2020
A Record-Breaking Year in Digital Health Investments: Key Takeaways | HTLH GoLive Webinar
Feb
2
2021
Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Thresholds Adjust Downward for Just Second Time Ever
Aug
2
2022
Huge Changes to the Personal Net Worth Calculation- Proposed Changes to Federal DBE Program
May
1
2019
Orthopedics in the New Millennium: The Evolution of the Business of Orthopedic and Spine Medicine
Jun
30
2020
SEC Staff Provides Additional Disclosure Guidance Relating to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jul
11
2016
Financial Services Reform Efforts Slow Moving, as Lawmakers Turn to Fight on Terrorism Financing; SEC to Hold Open Meetings
Jul
22
2019
Cryptocurrency Regulatory Complexities Multiply
Aug
24
2020
Feuding Business Partners in Private Companies: Considering Arbitration to Resolve Partnership Disputes
Jan
8
2023
Bitcoin, Crypto-Assets, and the Energy Sector
 

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